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Blood Orange Spritz, Crazy Red Deal And More!

Fri, June 12, 2026 (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

Cost: Free

Have we got an occasion for you! Because our free Friday tasting, 3-7pm, features kind of a wild and crazy tasting line-up ranging from the serious and sublime to…well, not serious and sublime! Join us to try two takes on seafood-friendly whites, a pair of screaming red wine values and Momandpop Blood Orange Spritz. Here’s your line-up:

Marangona Lugana DOC 2024 – Most wine from the southern shores of Lake Garda is easy, open, casual sipping fun for tourists sipping lakeside. Alessandro Cutolo’s flagship white ain’t that. Crisp, salty, mineral, age-worthy and really, really, good.

Dom des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey 2023 – Developing nicely already in bottle, this fine, organically grown, Chardonnay still shows lovely orchard and citrus fruit with growing sea-side scents and salty bite.

Altos de Luzon Monastrell Jumilla Coleccion 2025 – From the high plains of Jumilla south of Valencia, this showcases both the ripe fruit of sunny Spain’s vineyards and Monastrell’s more savory, herb-and-earth, complexity. A lot of wine for the money.

Substance RB Red Blend Columbia Valley 2022 – We were delighted to sell this last year at $21.99 because it’s a robust, complex and generous expression of Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec. Now a wild deal from $8.33 – just $99.98 for whole case!

Mommenpop Orange Spritz-Pop – What happens when you hand-chop around 10,000 pounds of organic California blood oranges and macerate that with a splash of California brand and bundles of savory herbs then add organic Barbera and a bit of CO2? A crazy delicious spritz!

The whiplash from a pair of serious whites to a couple of casual reds and a wildly silly spritz may be too much for you. Or, it may be just what you need to balance out these crazy times. Join us and let us know what you think!

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